Contributors from education and from technical fields explore research into designing educational technologies for higher education that take both dimensions into account. They cover aspects of the research field, integrating arenas through designed learning and teaching, emerging educational technologies, informed design models and educational technology, and changing educational practices through informed choices of design. Among specific topics are instructional design for technology-based systems, using online data for student investigations in biology and ecology, three-dimensional virtual worlds in higher education, design for learning with educational technology informed by social networks, and pedagogies for high performance learning spaces. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)